Title: Hardware Technician IV
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (5 days a week onsite)
Duration: 6 months (Possibility of extension depends upon performance and business needs)
Responsibilities:
Rework and Repair
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (5 days a week onsite)
Duration: 6 months (Possibility of extension depends upon performance and business needs)
Responsibilities:
Rework and Repair
- Assess condition of returned prototype units and confirm failure mode
- Run the prototype unit through a prescribed set of functional tests depending on reported defect, and perform failure analysis to determine root cause
- Strategically disassemble the unit, guided by SOPs, and perform a visual inspection of systems that might be related to the failure symptom
- Perform component/module exchanges to isolate the failure
- Document the work performed on each unit in a thorough, consistent manner
- Strong written and verbal communication for documentation and live discussion with Engineering teams.
- Failure Analysis
- Quality variations/anomalies
- Solution proposals and repairs
- Assembly/operating instructions (SOPs)
- Provide solutions to teams with electrical, mechanical and software troubleshooting and repair
- Assist with scaled prototype assembly/disassembly and small pre-production units in varying numbers.
- Flash, program and calibrate prototypes or testing equipment following outlined SOPs
- Run software scripts and basic commands using the command line interface of Linux, MacOS, and PC platforms. Not expected to write those scripts.
- Needs to be familiar with AB
- Use electronic analysis tools to perform systematic QC of electronic assemblies
- Light soldering to repair electrical components
- Ability to adapt to a daily changing statement of work
- Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks to complete a given statement of work
- Experience with reaching out to responsible design engineers for troubleshooting, clarification, and feedback
- Willingness to propose and implement process improvements (including SOPs) to increase production efficiency
- Proficient use of text, photos, and videos to clearly convey assembly processes to others
- Seek feedback for continuous improvement
- Strong attention to detail
- Electronic/Consumer-electronic repair/debugging experience
- Computer programing experience
- Electrical troubleshooting experience
- Past prototype or assembly line experience, particularly in small electronics or devices
- Familiarity with OrCAD/Allegro and other EE hardware design